Monthly Archives: February 2010

Making the Management of Security Compliance Easier!

Posted on 18/02/2010 by Roger

As you all know, I have two main pet themes: Risk Management and Compliance Management as I see very often that there is room for improvement when it comes to such processes within our customers. Internally, we often think about … Continue reading →

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SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors – the same as very often…

Posted on 17/02/2010 by Roger

I just worked my way through the list SANS published. Looking at the list it is not surprising but scary to see which errors made it to the top of the list: Cross-site Scripting SQL Injection Classic Buffer Overflow Cross-Site … Continue reading →

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Children – A Threat For Corporate Security?

Posted on 10/02/2010 by Roger

I read this article this morning: Safer Internet Day: How children can undermine corporate security and it actually reminds me of all the PCs I looked at in my private environment. When I see a heavily infected PC, the parents … Continue reading →

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Use Music to Fight Cybercrime: ‘Maga No Need Pay’

Posted on 09/02/2010 by Roger

When I travel through Africa, the high piracy rate is often something we address. Not necessarily from a commercial perspective but much more from a security angle. We know that pirated software is often infected with malware and therefore used … Continue reading →

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Targeted Attacks -the “Real” Problem

Posted on 05/02/2010 by Roger

When I talk to customers, the different attacks are often something we discuss (obviously). I often mention that Virus and Worm attacks on a broad scale (like Conficker etc.) are a serious problem but at least one we see, one … Continue reading →

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